Boy fakes own kidnapping, caught through Facebook

A 16-year-old Class VIII student of Noida
faked his kidnapping and sent a message through the social networking
site, Facebook, to his friends naming three people for the crime

| TNN | Oct 18, 2013, 11.54 PM IST

NOIDA: A 16-year-old Class VIII student of Noida faked his kidnapping and sent a message through the social networking site, Facebook, to his friends naming three people for the crime. Following the boy's disappearance, his father registered an FIR at the Sector 24 police station alleging that the kidnap took place on October 14.

Police said the boy, a resident of Sector 22, did the entire drama after being reprimanded for allegedly eve-teasing a girl. "When his family failed to locate him, they complained that he had been kidnapped," said Vishwajeet Srivastava, DSP, Noida.

However, on October 16 the boy's Facebook account suddenly showed activity. "He communicated with a friend claiming that three people had kidnapped him and were keeping him captive in Choura village in Noida," Srivastava said.

Noida police put the boy's Facebook account on surveillance and were eventually able to trace the boy. "We spoke to the three accused men, who are his neighbours, and found that he had in fact teased the women in their house. After getting scolded by these men, he hatched this plan to teach them a lesson," the DSP said.

Cops said that first he stayed with his friend, but left for Chennai after leaving his cell phone and instead took his friend's phone. The boy studies in a private school in Sector 22. "The boy left for Chennai on October 16 and a train ticket has been recovered from him. He returned home on Friday," Srivastava said. "We are verifying his statements and conducting a detailed investigation into the matter," the officer added.

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